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Hotels in St. Petersburg

Many St. Petersburg hotels make imaginative use of historic buildings, providing a fascinating insight into Russia’s architectural past.

The five star Rocco Forte's Hotel Astoria, located next to St. Isaac’s Cathedral for over a century, has found space for a swimming pool, fitness centre and spa while keeping an opulent décor harking back to the 1900s. Around the corner, four star Petro Palace has a similarly grand appearance but has gone for a more understated modern look in its bedrooms, also squeezing in an indoor swimming pool and sauna. While rooms at the more affordable Nevsky Hotel Aster are smaller and more simply furnished, they have an equally excellent location very near the Cathedral of the Spilled Blood. Another good value option is the literary-themed Dostoevsky Hotel, located five minutes walk from Nevsky Prospekt, with an onsite sauna and neutrally decorated rooms, many with views over the domes of a 19th-century church.